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[Ultimuh]

I have a couple of thoughts on the new trailer.

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1. That decides it. I'm getting John Cena Litten as my starter.

2. I am a bit unimpressed by Persian's Alola form. It just looks.. Silly in my opinion.

3. These legendaries doesn't look very.. Legendary in my opinion.
I'm not very impressed by their looks to be honest.

4. OMG! IS THAT CYNTHIA!? AND IS THAT RED & BLUE!?!

[MagmaMcFry]

I love the protagonist's expression when she does that Z-move.

[Greiger]

You mean that look of horrifying glee as she smashes her fist into her hand?

Yes.... I do too.

[RekkaAtsuma]

All in all I think the new Z-moves are neat, but those goofy poses most have the trainer do before the attack animation are downright hilarious, which can is a good thing as I like to be showy. Though I see a lot of Zmoves not being used due to some of the trainer poses making people feel embarassed(which is even more true in my case as I'm going to, as usual, customize my Player Chara's looks after mine IRL) and also not suing them because the do consume more of the allotted Battle time.
But out of the ones we've seen so far, Bloom Doom is my favorite, can't wait to unleash it with Fuuko, my Decidueye(Fem).
The only other thing Zmoves related that caught my eye was in the demo: power and etc, as least for Gigavolt Havoc, seem to be based on chosen regular move, so how's that gonna work with a pokemon who only something like Charm or Nasty Plot, or can status moves even trigger them...all of that is puzzling me. Noted, I do know that EvoBoost Zmove is purely Stats boost Zmove, but a-that's Eevee specific, and b- supposedly there's the unique-to-pkmn zmoves and one for each type.
Still, it's gonna be fun figuring it all out.

[Akura]

I really like what I see in that trailer. All the final evolutions of the starters look great, though Primarina is probably one that will draw funny looks if somebody sees me using the Pokemon-amie. I like the final type matchups though, all three sub-types(Ghost, Dark, Fairy) have a good vibe with the setting, and for the most part amplify their primary type cycle - though Ghost does not beat Fairy(unless changed in Gen7), Fairy beats Dark, and Dark beats Ghost.

Funny that they used Probopass as the target of Guardian of Alola, its head looks like the kind of button you want to smash.

I have a couple of thoughts on the new trailer.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

1. That decides it. I'm getting John Cena Litten as my starter.

2. I am a bit unimpressed by Persian's Alola form. It just looks.. Silly in my opinion.

3. These legendaries doesn't look very.. Legendary in my opinion.
I'm not very impressed by their looks to be honest.

4. OMG! IS THAT CYNTHIA!? AND IS THAT RED & BLUE!?!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

1. As one who specializes in Fairy-types, I'm going to get the water one. Despite the previous assertation of getting funny looks.

2. It looks like someone tried to drown Garfield in bleach.

3. Are they true legendaries? And in any case, they're based off of Hawaiian masks, which is cool. Not all legendaries have to be hulking behemoths of destruction. Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Mesprit, Uxie, Alzelf, Shaymin, Manaphy, Phione, and Victini were all cuddly-sized.

4. I've only played through Diamond, once, and only to beating Cynthia due to a emulation error, but she was one of the most insane fights in the series. R&B both look like they're in their twenties, so S/M takes place, what, 10-15 years after RBY/FR/LG? It seems Blue mellowed out a bit, too.

[Greiger]

One of the things I'm wondering is how it chooses what move to use.  I don't recall selecting a move after choosing the Z function on the pikachu. 

What if you have a poke like my triples Sceptile? Solar Beam, Grass Pledge, Giga Drain, Worry Seed.  Those are all grass type.  Does it simply choose the strongest move?  Does it select randomly?  Do moves that require special conditions to be useful count?  (Solar beam)  Does the z move get the increased power from things like pledge if my Charizard used Fire pledge on the same turn as I tried to have Sceptile use a z-move?  Would the fire/grass pledge firestorm effect still trigger?

All burning questions in my mind.

I'm getting the owl.  I need a ghost type, but I havent found a ghost type I like the looks of.  The owl fixes that, just like how Zoroark fixed that for me for dark types.

[RekkaAtsuma]

One of the things I'm wondering is how it chooses what move to use.  I don't recall selecting a move after choosing the Z function on the pikachu. 

What if you have a poke like my triples Sceptile? Solar Beam, Grass Pledge, Giga Drain, Worry Seed.  Those are all grass type.  Does it simply choose the strongest move?  Does it select randomly?  Do moves that require special conditions to be useful count?  (Solar beam)  Does the z move get the increased power from things like pledge if my Charizard used Fire pledge on the same turn as I tried to have Sceptile use a z-move?  Would the fire/grass pledge firestorm effect still trigger?

All burning questions in my mind.

I'm getting the owl.  I need a ghost type, but I havent found a ghost type I like the looks of.  The owl fixes that, just like how Zoroark fixed that for me for dark types.

Selection in the demo with a pikachu knowing Nuzzle and electro ball, you tap the Zmove Icon, then Select the applicable move, so I tapped the icon, and Electro ball and Nuzzle both appeared in a menu over the other menus(smart move Nintendo+GameFreak).

As for stuff like Solar Beam and pledges, we'll have to see day1, though if Solar beam just makes it usable, My planned mixed Blaziken just became my main Bloom Doom Boom Machine(it's a for-fun gimmick-Blaziken).

[Sirus]

I'll probably be getting Rowlett. I'm not sure what a grass/ghost typing will bring to the table (other than more weaknesses, which kinda sucks), but I can't say no to an owl-archer.

Cosmog looks awesome. I will catch a male and name it Lovecraft.

I also dig the guardian pokemon. Though I saw 4 islands and only saw 3 guardians in the video...

[RekkaAtsuma]

I'll probably be getting Rowlett. I'm not sure what a grass/ghost typing will bring to the table (other than more weaknesses, which kinda sucks), but I can't say no to an owl-archer.

Cosmog looks awesome. I will catch a male and name it Lovecraft.

I also dig the guardian pokemon. Though I saw 4 islands and only saw 3 guardians in the video...

there's four, All pokemon with Tapu in their name, Tapu Koko Elec/Fairy, and direct cut/paste from Serebii:
Tapu Lele which is Psychic/Fairy with the ability Psychic Surge. Tapu Bulu which is Grass/Fairy with Grassy Surge and Tapu Fini which is Water/Fairy with Misty Surge. Each of these set their respective Terrains. Psychic Terrain prevents Priority Moves being used. They have their unique Z-Move, Guardian of Alola

Edit:In their reveal, around 1:27 timestamp, it shows all the tapu pokemon over thier islands, but with only Koko colored in, and the others as silhouettes before naming them.

As for Decidueye or Incineroar, I'm still going to get Decidueye as my Loyal-Stater, but now I need to get all three, Fairy-collecter in me demands Primarina I like the 3d movement they rigged into Incinceroar and Decidueye is just awesome, though Incineroar and Decidueye are more to my liking and close to a tie now that I've seen El Blaze(Lol) moving in-game.

[SOLDIER First]

The Tapu Z-Moves are fucking ruthless. You see that girl slam her fist down? There is no mercy in her eyes. None. She aims to kill.

[RekkaAtsuma]

The Tapu Z-Moves are fucking ruthless. You see that girl slam her fist down? There is no mercy in her eyes. None. She aims to kill.

According to what I saw on the Official Website,

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the Tapu Z Move only does 75% of Target's Current HP, so it's more like they aim to break the Target's Willpower.

But yeah, that is a merciless look!
Edit: Added a spoiler tag for safety's sakes, doubt it counts as one, but still...

[Akura]

So I picked up Genesect earlier today. Noticed that whichever Drive it's holding becomes a visible part of its model, installed in the back of its cannon. Neat.

[Furtuka]

The full games have somehow gotten leaked guys, so be careful for spoilers while you're out there on the net, and remember to stuff it in tags if you do choose to discuss it here.

[umiman]

Yeah, you can get it on the atypical sites if you wanted.

Though I'm not really sure what is there to spoil or leak myself.

[Furtuka]

Many folks like to go into the new generations blind in regards to the details of the new Pokemon and the ones that haven't been announced so as to keep a feeling of discovery when encountering something new, and this generation is looking to be a lot more plot heavy than the previous ones so the story has become pretty highly anticipated among some fans. Not to mention surprise fanservice cameos and such that Gamefreak likes to throw in now and then.